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. 2018 Mar 2;67(5):843–853. doi: 10.1007/s00262-018-2141-0

Table 2.

Correlation analysis of numerical variables (Spearman’s Rho)

Parameter Time point (day) r p
Clinical Immune system
Administered radiation activity (GBq) Granulocyte count 0 0.40 0.045
7 0.43 0.04
28 0.46 0.038
Lymphocyte count 7 − 0.56 0.005
CD8 + T cells 7 − 0.52 0.011
B cells 7 − 0.51 0.013
28 − 0.63 0.002
HLA-DR + T cells 2 − 0.42 0.042
7 − 0.45 0.03
HLA-DR + B cells 2 − 0.46 0.023
7 − 0.54 0.008
28 − 0.62 0.003
CD45RA + T cells 7 − 0.57 0.005
CD8 + CD45RA + cells 7 − 0.63 0.001
28 − 0.44 0.049
CD8 + CD45R0 + cells 7 − 0.50 0.016
PHA LTT 2 − 0.46 0.024
7 − 0.43 0.039
LTT Cum. antigen score 7 − 0.64 0.001
PHA IFN-γ ELISpot 2 − 0.49 0.017
7 − 0.50 0.014
ConA IFN-γ ELISpot 2 − 0.45 0.031
7 − 0.48 0.021
PWM IFN-γ ELISpot 2 − 0.45 0.032
TET IFN-γ ELISpot 7 − 0.53 0.009
CAN IFN-γ ELISpot 2 − 0.45 0.03
Target volume dose (Gy) B cells 1 − 0.52 0.009
7 − 0.46 0.028
HLA-DR + B cells 1 − 0.55 0.005
2 − 0.63 0.001
7 − 0.52 0.01
HSV-1 LTT 7 − 0.58 0.003
PHA IFN-γ ELISpot 2 − 0.44 0.037
Lung dose (Gy) CD8 + T cells 7 − 0.44 0.039
CD8 + CD45RA + cells 7 − 0.50 0.019
LTT Cum. Antigen score 7 − 0.46 0.03
TET IFN-γ ELISpot 28 − 0.54 0.018
GFR (mL/min/1.73 q) PHA LTT 2 0.47 0.02
7 0.44 0.04
ConA LTT 2 0.41 0.048
PHA IFN-γ ELISpot 0 0.53 0.006
2 0.66 0.001
PWM IFN-γ ELISpot 0 0.44 0.03
1 0.46 0.02
2 0.60 0.002
OKT3 IFN-γ ELISpot 7 0.52 0.01
PHA IL-10 ELISpot 0 0.56 0.005
1 0.57 0.005
2 0.56 0.008
7 0.75 < 0.0001
28 0.47 0.04
ConA IL-10 ELISpot 0 0.55 0.007
1 0.44 0.04
2 0.47 0.03
7 0.74 < 0.0001
PWM IL-10 ELISpot 0 0.54 0.007
1 0.62 0.002
2 0.60 0.005
7 0.68 0.001
Child–pugh score (no liver cirrhosis = 0, A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 PPD IL-10 ELISpot 0 − 0.43 0.046
1 − 0.54 0.01
TET IL-10 ELISpot 1 − 0.56 0.008
CAN IL-10 ELISpot 0 − 0.45 0.04
1 − 0.46 0.04
2 − 0.50 0.03

PHA phythohemagglutinin, LTT lymphocyte transformation test, Cum. antigen score Cumulative antigen score (sum of reactions toward antigens), IFN interferon, ConA concanavalin A, PWM pokeweed mitogen, TET tetanus toxoid, CAN Candida albicans, HSV-1 Herpes simplex virus type 1, GFR glomerular filtration rate, OKT3 anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, PPD purified protein derivate (tuberculin), IL interleukin